Oversight Democrats: A Republican IRS official started the Tea Party targeting

Published May 6, 2014 4:00am ET



Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., concluded that there was no politically-motivated targeting of conservatives, according to a new report issued by Democrats on the oversight panel, even though Tea Party groups had so many applications flagged for review.

“[T]he overwhelming evidence before the committee reveals no political motivation or White House involvement in the screening of tax-exempt applications,” says the report from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Democrats.

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